The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Vandalia Matters.

Pennsylvania official, high in authority, ad-
units that in the c.. H. g. ID. deal they were
caught mapping The Pennsylvania Company
claim to have grievances well as the owners
of the T. III. e. ROAD. Previous to the sale. the
Pennsylvania people charge that business which
they were entitled to and which should have
rome via Indianapolis, was shipped north over
3he T. III. & L. road and then turned over to the
Nickel plate, or any other line which wanted il.
The same was true as regards shipments via
indianapolis. No effort was ade on the part of
bhe Vandala agents 70 induce shippers to for
ward their freight over the C., st. l.. g. p, but
Abe route was left optional with the shipper, and
IT likely to go by the L., b. & W., or the
Decline, or the c., H. e. I. as the Panhandle.
They further charge that Assistant General
Freight Agent Kendall was emplo yed principal
" to see that all the business possible was sent
East over the T. III. & L. instead of over the T.
II. 81 1. and then turned over to the Pennsylva-
mia line at Indianapolis.
kilograms which passed over the wires yester-
day indicate that the Pennsylvania is not TO be
disturbed In the matter of running their trains
New York Herald: Mr.. Henry S. Ives, the
smooth faced, incipient railroad magnate, must
have felt like rising sun or young Napoleon
yesterday. Bankers, brokers and railroad presi-
dents ran across the streets to shake his hand
and congratulate him. He had just returned
from the West with the indianapolis 81 Terre
Haute railroad in his pocket, and was supposed
by some to have left the great Pennsylvania
Company lying in a sorely wounded condition
Pill over the States Of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
But Mr.. Ives did not put on anv airs" about the
great things he had done. He seemed in a hurry
TO escape those who wrung his hand. and in his
Office he was rather averse to talking about his
latest deal 1T Is all mistake" he said to
Herald reporter, ITO suppose that in acquiring
the ownership of the Indianapolis e. Terre Haute
road and its leases the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
tim hnu I'D $50 DfoA tr.
Dust the Pennsylvania Company from the Van
dalia route to st. Louis. The truth is that be-
fore the trade was made Mr.. Waite, of our com
pany, and myself took breakfast at the Queen
City Club in Cincinnati, with General Manager
McCrea. of the Pennsylvania Company, and the
most friendly relations prevailed. So far as
know there is conflict between the Pennsyl
vania and the Cincinnati. Hamilton e. DAYTON
companies Both have the right to use the Van
aalia line, and it is to the interest of both to
make it as profitable as possible"
The prospects that the Ohio & Mississippi road
Is TO be benefited through any OF the recent rail-
road deals are not by any means hatterng. One
thing is quite evident, the road has lost for good
the business of the Baltimore az Ohio road
Competitors Of the Vandalia on livestock
traffic east from ST. Louis complain of the rates
this road is making on stock shipped East via the
Logansport division.
The managements Of both the Adams and
the American Express companies uneasy
over the late railroad deal The Adams express
works over the Vandalia main line and the
American express over the T. Fl. & l.. division,
and it would go against the grain of either com
pany to be thrown off to give place to the Balti-
more & Ohio express
Live hog rates east-bound have been reduced
60 the basis OF thirty cents per one hundred
pounds, Chicago to New York, with the same
rate to Boston and the usual differences to other
New England points. This makes the Indian
apols rate twenty-eight cents per one hundred
pounds.
The citizens Of Brazil seemingly pleased
that the 7. II 81 l. has changed hands. They
probably. without reason, allege that the old
management Disseminated against Brazil in
favor of Terre Haute.